[PATCH v3 04/10] mm/vmalloc: propagate errors in vmap_pages_p*d_range()

From: Hao Ge

Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 04:03:37 EST


vmap_pages_pmd_range(), vmap_pages_pud_range() and
vmap_pages_p4d_range() return -ENOMEM whenever the level below them
fails. But vmap_pages_pte_range() can also return -EINVAL for a
page without a valid pfn and -EBUSY for a pte that is already
mapped. Pass the error up as-is instead, like the vmap_p*d_range()
helpers for vmap_page_range() do.

Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 7131f60d1a8e..d60b99b81ec9 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -600,16 +600,18 @@ static int vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
{
pmd_t *pmd;
unsigned long next;
+ int err = 0;

pmd = pmd_alloc_track(&init_mm, pud, addr, mask);
if (!pmd)
return -ENOMEM;
do {
next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ err = vmap_pages_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask);
+ if (err)
+ break;
} while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
- return 0;
+ return err;
}

static int vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
@@ -618,16 +620,18 @@ static int vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr,
{
pud_t *pud;
unsigned long next;
+ int err = 0;

pud = pud_alloc_track(&init_mm, p4d, addr, mask);
if (!pud)
return -ENOMEM;
do {
next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ err = vmap_pages_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask);
+ if (err)
+ break;
} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
- return 0;
+ return err;
}

static int vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
@@ -636,16 +640,18 @@ static int vmap_pages_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr,
{
p4d_t *p4d;
unsigned long next;
+ int err = 0;

p4d = p4d_alloc_track(&init_mm, pgd, addr, mask);
if (!p4d)
return -ENOMEM;
do {
next = p4d_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ err = vmap_pages_pud_range(p4d, addr, next, prot, pages, nr, mask);
+ if (err)
+ break;
} while (p4d++, addr = next, addr != end);
- return 0;
+ return err;
}

static int vmap_small_pages_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
--
2.25.1